Items
of Interest:
Inspect sod before buying, installing (Mar 18, 2010)
University of Georgia. College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
Before rolling new sod on your lawn, University of Georgia experts urge homeowners to inspect the turfgrass for insects, diseases and weeds.
Kudzu-eating
Pest Found in Northeast Georgia (Nov
5, 2009)
University of Georgia College
of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences.
Researchers
from the University of Georgia and Dow
AgroSciences have identified a kudzu-eating
pest in northeast Georgia that has never
been found in the Western Hemisphere. The
bug tentatively identified as the bean plataspid
(Megacopta cribraria), a native
to India and China, also eats legume crops,
especially soybeans. The Georgia Department
of Agriculture will be working with the University
of Georgia and the USDA to
determine the best way to handle the insect.
A Statewide
Emergency Pest Alert (PDF | 63 KB) has
been issued with information for Georgia
county agents.
Confirmation
of Citrus Greening in Chatham County, Georgia
(PDF | 12 KB) (Jun 19, 2009)
USDA.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
This is the first confirmation of citrus greening in the State of Georgia.
Georgia
Quarantine Helps Protect Citrus Crop (Jun 17, 2009)
Georgia Department of Agriculture.
Georgia has been put under a federal quarantine to help prevent the spread of
a devastating citrus disease.
Feral
Hogs: Disease, Damage and Control (Dec 2006)
(PDF | 570 KB)
Georgia Department of Natural Resources.
Wildlife Resources Division.
Feral hogs compete with over 100 species of
native wildlife, carry many diseases and cause
considerable habitat and economic damage. Learn
more about hogs and what you can do to help
our native wildlife.
Native
Plants for Georgia, Part I: Trees, Shrubs
and Woody Vines (Aug 2008)
University of Georgia. Cooperative Extension;
Department of Horticulture.
Publication describes native plants available in the nursery trade as well as
those native plants that have potential for nursery production and landscape
use. It includes descriptions and photos of 66 native trees, 57 native shrubs
and 5 native woody vines.
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